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23.05.2023 Elections

Our officer didn’t do well; she should have paid attention — EC reprimands its official after pink sheet saga

Our officer didnt do well; she should have paid attention — EC reprimands its official after pink sheet saga
23.05.2023 LISTEN

The Electoral Commission (EC) has criticized the electoral officer who supervised the pink sheet signing even before the by-election in Kumawu ends.

The Electoral Officer at the Oyoko Methodist Primary School polling station No F360203 in the Sekyere Kumawu Constituency allegedly forced polling agents to sign pink sheets before the start of voting.

The officer according to Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe who is the Director of Electoral Services at the EC performed poorly.

He added that the individuals who signed as representatives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) also did not do well.

In an interview with TV3's William Evans Nkum, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe said, “I think that our officer didn’t do well because she should have paid attention for them to complete the portion she was talking of before she moved on to another issue."

He added, "The other issue is that the agents too also didnt do well because signing the results means that you have accepted the results when the ballot papers have not been counted so our officer didn’t do well, and the agents of both NPP and NDC also didn’t do well.

“It should be on record that it wasn’t one particular party agent that signed, both of them signed. We have replaced that sheet with another sheet.”

He also denied allegations that the agents were coerced into signing.

“The initial claim is that he forced them. An adult, can someone force you to do things that you have been cautioned not to do? So I am tempted to believe that the people mistakenly signed.”

Sebastian Sedekah Akaho-Tay
Sebastian Sedekah Akaho-Tay

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